GNU bug report logs - #9134
don't force mystery on user trying to find out what is completing after the word "ssh" in *shell*

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 9134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#9134: don't force mystery on user trying to find out what is completing after the word "ssh" in *shell*
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 06:50:24 +0200

Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:

> I think it would be nicer if the *Completions* buffer text explained it.
>
> i.e. additional information added to this:
>
> "Click on a completion to select it.
> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
>
> Possible completions are:"

If there's one or less completions, you won't get that buffer, so you
can't put the message about where it looks there, I think.

It's pretty self-evident where most completions come from, but the ssh
one is perhaps more surprising than most.

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